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#FCABB3 — Pale Vivid Red

#FCABB3 is a red color we call Pale Vivid Red, closest to the named color LightPink (#FFB6C1). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightpink (#FFB6C1) — not an exact match. CSS lightpink gives you #FFB6C1, a different color; use #FCABB3 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#FCABB3 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABFCF4; it also sits naturally between #FCABDC and #FCCCAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#FCABB3 · RGB 252, 171, 179

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Color values

HEX#FCABB3
RGB252, 171, 179
HSL354°, 93%, 83%
HSV354°, 32%, 99%
CMYK0%, 32%, 29%, 1%
XYZ62.84, 53.08, 49.58
Yxy53.08, 0.3797, 0.3207
CIE-Lab77.92, 30.76, 8.06
Hunter Lab72.85, 30.86, 6.94

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 99% · Green 67% · Blue 70%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 32% · Yellow 29% · Key 1%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #FCABB3 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #FCABB3 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #FCABB3

.text { color: #FCABB3; }
.background { background-color: #FCABB3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #FCABB3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(252, 171, 179); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(354, 93%, 83%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #FCABB3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(252, 171, 179, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #FCABB3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(252, 171, 179, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#FCABB3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#FCABB3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #FCABB3

#FB8490#F95D6C#F83549#F60E25#D9081D#B10618#8A0512#62040D#3B0208#140103

Tints of #FCABB3

#FCB0B8#FDBAC1#FDBFC5#FDC4CA#FDCED3#FDD3D7#FED8DB#FEDDE0#FEE6E9#FEEBED

Tones of #FCABB3

#F6B1B8#F0B7BD#EBBDC1#E5C2C6#DFC8CA#D9CECF

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABFCF4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.81:1 Fails
Against black text11.62:1 AAA

Best text color on #FCABB3: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #FCABB3

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #FCABB3: ·

How #FCABB3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D9D8B1Deuteranopia · #DEE4B1Tritanopia · #F8B0AF

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind pink 500 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #FCABB3 rather than the exact color:

Palette 99e1e5
#99E1E5 · #F3E8CB · #F2C6B4 · #FBAFAF
Palette Ffeadd
#FFEADD · #FCAEAE · #FF8989 · #FF6666
Palette A8df8e
#A8DF8E · #F0FFDF · #FFD8DF · #FFAAB8
Palette Ffafaf
#FFAFAF · #FBFFE2 · #FFEBCC · #FF9999
Palette Fff7d1
#FFF7D1 · #FFECC8 · #FFD09B · #FFB0B0
Palette 0c2d57
#0C2D57 · #FC6736 · #FFB0B0 · #EFECEC

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#FBAFAF#FCAEAE#FFAAB8#FFAFAF#FFB0B0#FFB1B1#FFADAD#FDACAC#FFA5B0#FFB2B2#FFACAC#F7ADAD

Browse neighbouring colors

← #FCABB2  ·  #FCABB4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #FCABB3?

#FCABB3 is Pale Vivid Red, a red color (RGB 252, 171, 179). Its closest standard named color is LightPink.

What is the RGB and HSL of #FCABB3?

#FCABB3 is RGB 252, 171, 179 — HSL 354°, 93%, 83% — CMYK 0%, 32%, 29%, 1%.

What colors go with #FCABB3?

Its complement is #ABFCF4; analogous partners are #FCABDC and #FCCCAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #FCABB3 for text?

Black text on #FCABB3 has a contrast ratio of 11.62:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.